Piper PA-44 N257ER

13 December 1980 · Ormond Beach, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 December 1980 at about 20:20 local time, a Piper PA-44 registered N257ER, operated by Embry Riddle, was involved in an accident during static near Ormond Beach, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 December 1980 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Ormond Beach
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-44
Registration: N257ER
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Embry Riddle
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Static
Route: Daytona Beach, Fl → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-3404

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

N2577C TAXIED INTO N257ER THAT WAS HOLDING IN THE RUNUP AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3404, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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